Hinge for ijstkstand-coveks



- UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEETOE.

JOSEPH NOCK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HINGE FOR INKSTAND-COVERS.

i Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,319, dated December 13, 1853.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Noon, of the city and county of. Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Inkstand and Ink-Well Cover; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the ink stand or ink well cover with a curvilinear hinge On the top of the ink stand or ink well cover, which cover is to be closed to form a round Or smooth turned face, and gives an opportunity of cleaning when soiled, inside aswell as Outside. And can be used by any scholars, in the public schools, or any other places, where writing ink is to be used, as it is the most convenient in opening and shutting, and of course keeps the ink clean and saves the ink from evaporating when shut.- And the manner of which I construct-the hinge is, with one solid part, as the moving lid, (figure 05) and the other part is hollow, being cast or stamped of sheet brass or other material (figure Z forming, when put together and shut, a regular round hinge, and is Hat on the bottom, and can be applied on any flat surface, desk, table, or ink stand; the only difference is, that, it is to be screwed on wood, but cemented On glass,

iron, stone, or other hard substances, those that'are cemented do not require as broad a rim, as those on wood, and also the bottom rim inside requires to be broad,` in order to hold the ink-well of glass. But, I change the inside of the bottom part, in order to get a better hold, for thecement-ing on hard substances, by bending it downward, or otherwise. This hinge is constructed like any other hinge, with the exception only, that the pin is laid in the hollow part, from t-he under side, and with soft solder both ends of the pin is soldered fast, and the solid moving lid has-the hole for the pin or axis of the hinge drilled through the hinge part, as sho-wn in the pat-tern correctly.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The application of the stamped round part, and t-he solidpart, (or the moving lid, O-rcover) litted together as a hinge, which forms .a rounded smooth turned face, and

the manner in which the pin is connected with both parts, as herein described, usingv JOSEPH NOOK.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. ELKENTON, `JOHN RoBIsON. 

